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The Twilight Zone (1985)/Button, Button
From The TV IV
| Button, Button | |
| Season 1, Episode 20B | |
| Airdate | March 7, 1986 |
| Teleplay by | Logan Swanson |
| Based on | the short story by Richard Matheson |
| Directed by | Peter Medak |
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Button, Button is part of the twentieth episode of the first season of The Twilight Zone.
Starring: Mare Winningham (Norma), Basil Hoffman (Steward)
and Brad Davis (Arthur Lewis)
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Plot Overview
A struggling married couple get a box delivered to them. They are then told that if they push its button, they will receive $200,000... and someone they don't know will die.
Notes
Trivia
The Show
- Basil Hoffman would also appear in the 2009 film The Box, which was the feature film adaptation of the same story.
Behind the Scenes
- Matheson adapted his short story, but disapproved of the changes, especially the ending, so he used a pseudonym for the teleplay credit. In the short story, it was Norma's husband who was killed and whose insurance policy was responsible for the money. When Norma questions this, the stranger replies "Do you really think you knew your husband?"
